stacysmom02

Hi, Yes you do need experiance as nurses before you go travel. It is true that hospitals expect you to "hit the ground running" with little to no orientation. With that being said my husband and I have been travel nurses for 3 years now and our daughter is now 4. We started when she was 1 1/2 years old. We worked opposite shifts him nights me days to try to alwayse be there for her. Yes you can find day care the trick is do you trust anyone with your child? I have found a great site it is Child Care Aware it helps you get in touch with state, county agencies that have certified child care. Turst me you want these people. The agencies make the care givers take child care classes including CPR for kids, they limit how many kids they can keep at a time, they do background checks on them, and they do spot checks without prior notice every 6 wks on them. Needless to say not just anyone is going to go through all this to do child care. The ones who do are well worth their weight in gold as far as I am concerned. My advice to you is yes you can travel and have a child but do know no matter what shifts you and your boyfriend work there is going to be a time when both of you have to work and someone else has to watch the child. Trust me the hospital is only interested that you can work, not your child care issues. I have been told countless times it is not a problem to schedule around our daughters needs for one of us to be home only to show up and it not be a problem because it is mine and not thier problem to get child care. Know what they say is meaningless untill it is in writing! Put it in your contract! Don't sign if it is not! With that said, it is wonderful to be able to show my child the country and get paid to do so. I would not trade most of the experiances we have shared as a family. If you have further questions, you may e-mail me at [email protected].

thanks for the information. It was very helpful.

thanks. That tells me a lot. As a travel nurse I know about home sick. I will head to TN my home for the holidays. Hope you get to go home soon too. stacysmom02

Is summer better?

My husband and I are considering travel nursing to AK. Anyone been? Suggestions, comments, the good and bad. Also will be brining 3 year old daughter along. Thanks